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VALERIA MARÍA ERASO IBARRA

REPORTED SPEECH
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 Direct speech Indirect speech

Anna said
Where do you that she lived
live? I live in the in the Main
Main Street. Street

Isabella Anna

Isabella
Direct speech Indirect or reported speech

Past simple: Ana said that she liked ice cream.

Present simple: Ana: I like ice cream.
Past simple or perfect: Juan said that he
Past simple: Juan: I bought a new car bought an new car the previous day/the day
yesterday. before.

Juan said that he had bought a new car the

previous day/the day before.

Past continuous: Lorena said that she was living

Present continuous: Lorena: I’m living in London.
in London.
Direct speech Indirect or reported speech

Past perfect continuous: Andy told me that his

Past continuous: Andy: My wife was wife had been watching TV at 8pm.
watching TV at 8pm.
Past perfect: Lina told me that she had been to
Present perfect: Lina: I have been to France. France.

Past perfect: Luis said that he hadn’t taken

Past perfect: Luis: I hadn’t taken English English lessons before.
lessons before.
Would: Lu said that she would travel the next
Future (will): Lu: I’ll travel tomorrow. day/ the following day.

Direct speech
Future- going to: Rick: I’m going to start a
business.
Can: Andy: I can play many instruments.
Must: Lina: I must work today.
Would: Luis: My mother and I would visit the
Eiffel Tower.
Indirect or reported speech
Future-going to (past): Rick said that he was
going to start a business.
Could: Andy told me that he could play many
instruments.
Must: -Lina said that she must work that day.
-Lina said that she had to work that day.
Would: Luis said that he and his mother
would visit the Eiffle Tower.
Direct speech
Should: Lu: My friend and I should study.
Could: Luisa: I could dance well.
Might: Lina: Mario migth write his report.
Direct question:
• Mario: Do you love me?
• Mario: Have you ever been to Mexico?
• Mario: Are you living here?
Indirect or reported speech
Should: She and her friend should study.
Could: Luisa said that she could dance well.
Might: Lina said that Mario might write his
report.
Indirect question:
• Mario asked me if I loved him.
• Mario asked me if I had ever been to Mexico.
• Mario asked me if I was living there.
Direct question: Indirect question:

• Hellen: Where is the cinema? • Hellen asked me where the cinema is.
• Anderson: What are you doing? • Anderson asked me what I was doing.
• Mario: Who was that fantastic man? • Mario asked who that fantastic man was.

Direct request: Indirect request:

• David: call me. • David asked me to call him.
• Kelly: Please don’t smoke. • Kelly asked me not to smoke.
How some expressions change from direct to reported speech.
Links to pactice:
 
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/reported-speech/tenses-2
 
https://agendaweb.org/exercises/verbs/reported-speech/quiz